My Years Had Less Worries.

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The cool breezes of fall,
Chill me just enough,
To make me wish for a jacket,
And make me thankful,
For the sun today.
My memory has colder Octobers
When my years had less worries.
The times of challenges and fun.
Today sees my hope for warmth.
I welcome my days with family,
Sharing closets of future.

(c) Rick Wyman 10/20/2025

Poem, The Makings of a Memory

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Classic notes on the piano,

The rumble of the furnace,

Background steady beat.

Music lessons propel

My daughter’s fingers.

Outside above the city skyline

The full moon takes a bow,

The bright disc shape looks down

As clouds provide curtain calls.

Meanwhile notes fill the air

And my heart fills with warmth

Another memory being made.

©Rick Wyman 11/16/24

Poem, Spider Web

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The first strand of the spider web

Caught my eye when it glistened in the sun.

The lightest puff of air stretched this delicate strand,

And sunlight danced back and forth along its span.

How fortunate to notice this tiny bit of nature.

So fragile, yet it beckons my attention with such strength.

Sometimes the highlights of our lives

Begin as such delicate threads of thought,

Like a whisper of our inner voice.

Then to really pay attention and reexamine

Purpose stretching thin,

Hopeful a glimpse of joy may follow in the end.

Now I contemplate the spanning time

From where I was and where I am glad to be.

In the center of my web.

© Rick Wyman